CME/CE Expiration Date: 3/15/2021*
*The expiration date listed above is the last day CME/CE credit can be claimed for this specific presentation.

Description: Learn about the latest advancements in the treatment of obesity, helping you individualize and optimize treatment for patients with obesity and additional obesity-related conditions.

Accreditation:

The Obesity Medicine Association is accreditated by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The OMA designates this enduring material internet activity for a maximum of 16.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Presentation Information

Presentation Date:

April 06, 2018

Expiration Date:

March 02, 2021 12:00 AM

Presentation Location:

San Diego, CA

Presentation Objectives

Learn to communicate key points to patients during limited time appointments

Interact more confidently with patients in regards to their individual weight and health problems associated with obesity

Understand the risks, advantages and disadvantages of incorporating telemedicine into practice

Effectively design an individualized treatment plan for patients affected by overweight and obesity

Understand and recognize obesity as a disease state, and more effectively diagnose, evaluate, and treat the disease obesity

Prescribe appropriate medications to post-bariatric surgery patients

Safely include alternate day fasting as part of a dietary prescription

Become aware of one's own possible biases with regard to overweight and obesity in order to improve communications with patients

Understand the pathophysiology of adipose tissue and its impact on human health

Effectively use telemedicine where applicable as part of an individualized patient treatment plan for obesity

Understand the impact of meal timing and use this knowledge when creating food plans for patients

Understand the link between the thyroid and obesity

Create physical activity plans for children and adolescents affected by obesity

Treat patients for thyroid disorders that may be affecting patients' weight

Meal Frequency and Timing

CME/CE Expiration Date: 3/15/2021*
*The expiration date listed above is the last day CME/CE credit can be claimed for this specific presentation.

Description: Dr. St-Onge defines the implications of various eating patterns for health including breakfast skipping, eating late in the day, alternate day fasting, and high meal frequency.

CME/CE Expiration Date: 3/15/2021*
*The expiration date listed above is the last day CME/CE credit can be claimed for this specific presentation.

Description: Learn about the current literature surrounding the innovative dietary of evidence-based weight management practices and ways to apply evidence-based practices of telehealth into a practice.

Objectives:

Define telemedicine and interpret the current literature surrounding the innovative delivery of evidence-based weight management practices

Present the model of the Telehealth Enabled Approach to Multidisciplinary (TEAM) weight management in two independent clinical trials

Provide practical ways to apply evidence-based practices of telehealth into a practice

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